Soma (Windhand album)

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Soma
WindhandSoma.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 17, 2013 (2013-09-17)
Genre Doom metal
Length75:13
Label Relapse
Producer James Plotkin
Windhand chronology
Reflection of the Negative
(2013)
Soma
(2013)
Grief's Infernal Flower
(2015)

Soma is the second studio album by the American doom metal band Windhand, [1] released on September 17, 2013 by Relapse Records. [2] It peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart, making it the band's first release to make a Billboard chart. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Exclaim! 8/10 [6]
Metal Injection8.5/10 [7]
Pitchfork 7/10 [8]
Popmatters 8/10 [9]

Soma was named the third best metal album of 2013 by Rolling Stone . [10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Orchard"6:37
2."Woodbine"9:22
3."Feral Bones"7:59
4."Evergreen"6:56
5."Cassock"13:45
6."Boleskine"30:29
Total length:75:13

Personnel

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